Bonhams: Deeds Not Words. A Women's Suffrage Collection, 31671, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025

Page Size: 61 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		for 'The Suffragette' newspaper, [c.1913-1914]	[c.1913-1914]	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 46,080.00
2		Illuminated printed address signed by Emmeline Pankhurst, [1909]	[1909]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 4,864.00
3		Collection of printed music, song sheets and records, [c.1911-1912]	[c.1911-1912]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 640.00
4		Relating to demonstrations and events, 1908 onwards, including programme owned by Emily Wilding Davison	1908 onwards	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 896.00
14	HICKS (LILIAN & AMY)	Papers of Lilian Hicks and her daughter Amy, including letters written from Holloway & Aylesbury Prisons, 1912	1912	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 7,680.00
18	AINSLIE (KATHLEEN)	Votes for Catherine, Susan and me, FIRST EDITION,	c.1910	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,152.00
19	DOWSON (AUBREY)	The Women's Suffrage Cookery Book, FIRST EDITION,	, 1909	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 832.00
20		A Suffragette's Love-Letters, FIRST EDITION,	1907	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 704.00
21	PANKHURST (EMMELINE)	Portrait photograph signed,	c.1908	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 960.00
23	PANKHURST (CHRISTABEL)	Autograph letter signed to Rachel Barrett, with related items, [c.1908-1912]	[c.1908-1912]	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 4,864.00
24		Postcard album of 50 portrait postcards, 30 signed, of WSPU and WFL members, c.1910	c.1910	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,352.00
25		Printed Regulations Relating to the Treatment and Conduct of Convicted Prisoners; with lending library order form, [c.1913]	[c.1913]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,024.00
26	PEARSON (ANNIE SEYMOUR)	Autograph letter written on prison-issue toilet paper, January 1913	1913	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,096.00
27	JOHN (NANCY A., editor)	Holloway Jingles. Written in Holloway Prison during March and April, 1912. FIRST EDITION, LILIAN KELSALL'S COPY, [1912]	1912	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,304.00
28		Charge sheet for Mary Phillips, and two others, 1908-1914	1908-1914	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,536.00
33	PHILLIPS (MARY)	Correspondence to militant suffragette Mary Phillips (1880-1969) from the leaders of the WSPU, 1907-1916	, 1907-1916	GBP 15,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 20,480.00
34	PHILLIPS (MARY)	Papers from the collection of Mary Phillips (1880-1969), including TLS from Emmeline Pankhurst		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,584.00
35	PHILLIPS (MARY) -- HOLLOWAY COMMONPLACE BOOK	Notebook kept by Mary Phillips in Holloway, July to August 1908	1908	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 21,760.00
36		Manuscript Creed titled "The New Creed", [n.d.]	n.d.	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 832.00
37		Group of 36 photographs from Mary Phillips' collection, [c.1908-1914]	c.1908-1914	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,096.00
38		Four photographs including suffragette prisoners and crowds at Cambridge University, 1897	1897	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 832.00
39	PANKHURST (EMMELINE) & CHRISTABEL PANKHURST	Two photographic portrait postcards signed, [c.1908]	[c.1908]	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 832.00
40	PANKHURST (CHRISTABEL)	Two photographic portrait postcards by Kate Simmons of Margate, one signed, 1910	1910	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 563.20
41		The Trial of the Suffragette Leaders,	[1909]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,432.00
42	PANKHURST (CHRISTABEL)	The War: A Speech Delivered at the London Opera House, on September 8th, 1914, FIRST EDITION,	1914	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 281.60

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